Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Me of all people...I never thought I would ever have a girlcrush...yes life can be unpredictable...well I'm glad my girlcrush isn't stellar (yet) or in hollywood....I can relax now I haven't changed into some obsessive teenager with a scrapbook or anything like that....

Paula Goldstein is the Creative Director for Purple.fr at Purple Magazine.

I think this lady will go far, she is a great and creative communicator and she is down to earth as in not up herself. She is very pretty too...some girls are just lucky....but I'm sure she works hard too.

Saturday, 12 May 2012

My baby sister who had her last day of sixth form yesterday is like Little My! :-D

From Wikipedia:Little My (Swedish: Lilla My - literally: "little mu") is a character in the Moomin series of books by Tove Jansson. She first appears in the fourth book, The Exploits of Moominpappa (1950). She is a small, determined and fiercely independent Mymble.
When she wants something done, she does it straight away. She is very
aggressive, mischievous to a fault and totally disrespectful, but can be
a good friend when she wants to

Friday, 11 May 2012

I look like s**t, my face is crumbling away, I have dark eyebags and feel really down, you don't want to know why as it will either bore you to death (if you are purely the practical minded type) or depress you (if you are generally sweet or caring or empathetic-note these traits can be mutually exclusive) - neither of which I wish to impose on my readers on a Friday! So I am feeling a little better that the sun is out and will be this weekend. Also it's always good to view some eye candy clothing and shoes on the internet for inspiration and for memories.........

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Right! I have to get this off my chest as I'm still angry and upset about this.

I joined this bookclub as its not miles away from my workplace and sounded like a great club to discover and discuss books.

I joined a few years ago but only recently participated in a discussion and meet up. Due to life and its unpredictability and its stresses I was unable to make it for the last two sessions, which I had booked and paid for (£2.50 per session and £2.50 club joining fee ( joining fee is a one off)).

The club organizer is very strict about attendance- two strikes within 48 hours of the club meeting and you are out! And banned from rejoining!!

Well I cancelled the last one before the 48 hours and was struck off. I contacted the organiser and I was shocked and offended by his email to me.....

Basically he said that I only appear to go for famous reading books and even then bail myself out of the sessions!! Excuse me.....

1) Two of the books I was interested in were not FAMOUS to me- they only came to my attention through the book club. I selected them as I wanted to broaden my reading horizon.
2) I had cancelled before the 48 hours as stated by the club policy
3) If such books are considered FAMOUS then why bother putting them forward for the club to read????? Is the club some kind of cult on "oh we only read unique intellectual books, la di da di da?
4) Don't you dare make assumptions about me based on some books I signed up for and yeah I bailed myself out- how dare he phrase it like that- I had other life matters to deal with!!!

Seriously I enjoyed the book discussion I went to and was looking forward to meeting up again to discuss more books. and I was shocked by the tone and nature of his email sent to me. Clearly he takes no prisoners...

Anyway I had to get this off my chest as its bad to keep anger locked up inside oneself.

Monday, 7 May 2012

I sat my last exam on Monday 30th April after a stressful year and a half of 2 x evening classes a week in central London.

These two exams were particularly stressful for me as a) I was disilusioned after my first set of results (I worked so hard but didn't get flying colours) and b) the subject and classes themeselves had made me tired. I still feel tired I realy hope my energy levels pick up in the next few days as it has been a week now since I sat that last exam (fingers crossed!!).

I look forward to weeks and the next few months of reading some good stories (penguin great loves), Russian Lit, going on a art walk , painting, visiting Columbia flower market, going to a beach and enjoying some fresh air and spring sunshine when the sun presents itself.

The balalaika is a stringed musical instrument popular in Russia, with a characteristic triangular body and three strings. I remember as a young girl listening to the Balalaika via Microsoft Encarta world music interaction page- Ah Microsoft Encarta, I loved you! Those days of reading, listening and watching through the screen was pure magic.There is an good article in Tank magazine supplement (Spring 2012) about Mary Katrantzou, it was interesting to learn that while she creates a lot of patterned fashion designs she herself likes wearing black. She creates lovely patterned dresses and this one reminds me of spring- the spring we should be having in the UK with lots of blooms and lilac-clear evening skies, warm enough to walk around outside without a jacket!!

I'm dreaming of this summery, elegant, simple dress. This blue is like a clear summer sky and classy too....I would wear this dress and read some Russian literature like Chekhov's plays and watch a French film.....

Raison d'être

This blog is about discoveries; interviews, art, culture, my personal thoughts and reflections.

My professional background is in accountancy, information systems, mathematics and finance. A big part of me is in love with art in its varying forms so I created this blog to free myself by writing and to linger in the various worlds of creative personalities through interviews and discoveries of art, style, fashion and culture.